A compelling docudrama that explores the science and power of perception and imagination through the most important trial you will ever witness.
Exalt Films, and Movies From The Heart, are proud to present People v. The State of Illusion, a film by Austin Vickers. This feature length documentary/drama, directed by award winning Director Scott Cervine, is set in the notorious Old Main Prison of the New Mexico State Penitentiary, and tells the story of Aaron Roberts, a single father who is arrested and tried on charges following an incident that also results in his daughter being sent to a state home. While there, an attorney learns of her plight and the story of her father, and decides to represent her in an innovative and surprising case against the State.Written and produced by Austin Vickers, this movie explores the science and power of perception and imagination and the prison walls of habitual thought and behavior that we all create, and documents the evidence that answers the central question of this provocative film, can we really change? Featured in the film are 9 of the nations leading thinkers in the fields of neuroscience, biochemistry, psychology, quantum physics, sociology, and consciousness theory.
